The Kinloch Doc

The thread that unifies all of my work and the basis behind my involvement with this
work is creating a visual platform to shed light on overlooked/marginalized people,
places and spaces. From historically Black communities within the region that have
been displaced and/or divested in to stopping random people on the street and learning
their stories about first times, grief, and healing.

Regardless if your preference is quantitative or qualitative, we are all visual learners.
Images are used to provide an example of content provided in textbooks, videos are
used to guide lecture in classrooms and our thumbs scroll repetitively through social
media because of our innate desire for content. I keep this concept at the forefront of
mind when creating and capturing stories. Our day to day is consumed with superficial
images and content and with each photo story or short documentary I create, I work to
bring humility and a deeper sense of humanity to shared platforms. Despite what is
going on in the world from politics to entertainment, people do care about other people
and care to hear their stories. If nothing else, I care - to a fault.

My overarching goal with my work is to humanize the everyday lived experience. Our
society is increasingly judgmental towards others plight not knowing that many of us -
regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender, etc - are one life circumstance away from
sharing a humbling story with the very people, places, and spaces we judge. I want
people to see my images and see my films and it brings them to a place of
remembrance or familiarity with something else in their lives; My work reminds them of
someone they know or an experience they’ve once had.

This is the way that I practice social work, non-traditional be that as it may. The
overarching goal of practicing social work is to help mitigate the social ills of the world
and with every snap of my camera and every video I produce, direct, edit and upload, I
do and will continue to do just that. If nothing else, my work is the cilantro of the world. A
sprinkle of cilantro makes everything better.